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From: Marjorie Ramage <>
Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] webmaster sabbatical
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 15:31:54 -0500
In-Reply-To: <NGBBLONHKLBIIMKMPMNHGEGBCOAA.smgilchrist1@attbi.com>


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Steve:

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family
at this difficult time. God bless you and comfort you.

Marjorie Ramage





















At 09:23 PM 3/31/2003 -0800, you wrote:

>to all my dear friends,
>
>recent events have forced me to consider what is most important to my life
>at this point - and it's safe to say that it will have an impact on the
>islay website.
>
>early, on the morning of february 2nd, our 15 year old daughter, sara,
>suffered a seizure, stopping her heart......and crushing all of ours...
>
>no warning signs, no pre-existing conditions, nothing to indicate this could
>happen. it appears she had some sort of congenital heart defect, and no
>real way of knowing it. the medical report indicated she had some sort of
>faulty connection in the nerve bundle to her heart, and it interupted the
>signal to her nervous system - one-in-a-million circumstances...
>
>we have been managing to move forward, minute by minute, hour by hour, day
>by day. teresa has been devastated. sara was the youngest of the four
>girls, hard to know what to say at this point in time.
>
>we had hoped to make the journey to join the "return of the children" next
>year, but unexpected events and expenses will likely delay that journey for
>several years yet. i will likely take a complete break from genealogy for a
>couple of years (i could be wrong). i'm hoping that, at 44, i still have
>many years to do further research when i feel the urge again.
>
>i didn't want to make this a long, complicated note; and i suspect i will
>remain subscribed to the mailing list for a now - but any changes or
>upgrades to the website may be slow in coming. i'm proud of what we've all
>done, collectively, to assemble our islay website. it will remain online,
>for all to utilize, for as long as possible. i am arranging to send CDs of
>my website to the FHS, so that it can remain available to researchers even
>if rootsweb goes away (not likely!)
>
>i leave the mailing list in the capable hands of ted larson, who will do a
>fine job of herding all you crazy scots back into line - thank you ted!
>
>best of luck to everyone in their research - and make sure you take plenty
>of time to appreciate those who are still with us, don't just focus on the
>dead ancestors! enjoy life to the fullest, hug your spouse, kiss your
>children, scratch your dog, laugh with your neighbor - but most of all,
>don't take anything for granted...
>
>cheers,
>steve g
>
>ps - the most difficult website i've ever created - www.saraharding.com - my
>meager tribute...
>
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Steve Gilchrist
>Seattle
>
>
>
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